Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

शङ्खभेरीनिनादैश्च पटहानां च निस्वनैः । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गैश्च झल्लरीस्वरमङ्गलैः

Transliteration

śaṅkhabherīninādaiśca paṭahānāṃ ca nisvanaiḥ | vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgaiśca jhallarīsvaramaṅgalaiḥ

Translation

Avec le fracas des conques et des tambours bheṛī, avec la résonance des paṭahas, et avec la musique de bon augure de la vīṇā, de la flûte, du mṛdaṅga et des cymbales tintantes—

Word by Word

• शङ्खभेरीनिनादैः: with the sounds of conches and kettle-drums
• शङ्खभेरीनिनादैः: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + भेरी + निनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पटहानाम्: of drums (paṭahas)
• पटहानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• निस्वनैः: with reverberations; resounding noises
• निस्वनैः: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वीणावेणुमृदङ्गैः: with vīṇās, flutes, and mṛdaṅgas
• वीणावेणुमृदङ्गैः: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा + वेणु + मृदङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• झल्लरीस्वरमङ्गलैः: with auspicious tones of cymbals
• झल्लरीस्वरमङ्गलैः: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: झल्लरी + स्वर + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; मङ्गलैः इति प्रधानपदम् (auspicious sounds)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Senāpura / Cakra-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vivid ceremonial crescendo: conches blown, bherīs and paṭahas thunder, musicians play vīṇā, veṇu, mṛdaṅga, and jhallarī; the abhiṣeka pavilion glows with lamps as devas rejoice.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha
• Bherī
• Paṭaha
• Vīṇā
• Veṇu
• Mṛdaṅga
• Jhallarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious sound (maṅgala-nāda) sanctifies sacred rites, signaling divine presence and communal celebration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is descriptive of ritual atmosphere within Revā-khaṇḍa; it does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of maṅgala-vādyas (auspicious instruments) as part of a consecration/abhiṣeka setting.